Word: might
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...something to be admired. Not satisfied with the liberal amount of advertisements outside of the text, he begins with the title-page and strings them all along through the book. The engraving of one of the Fall-River steamers which is introduced in the middle of the text might just as well be a likeness of George Washington, so far as its connection with a handbook of Boston goes. The accounts of the various hotels and restaurants read almost exactly like advertisements. Thus, in the account of the Parker House appear those familiar lines, "The clarets, etc. are Mr. Parker...
Whom many a lord might long...
...chance in these two regattas for all ambitious colleges to send crews and witch the world with feats of noble oarsmanship, but we are thankful the races are held so late in the year. Were it otherwise, a crew from the Michigan University, or the Hampton College of Virginia, might win one of these races and insist upon our rowing them before setting sail for England...
MEMORIAL Hall needs to be much better ventilated. We have often come in a little late, and found the air so close as to be absolutely unbearable, as indeed we might expect when several hundred men are sitting in a room where the entrance of fresh air is so effectually prevented as it is in Memorial Hall. Threats and entreaties hitherto have been equally useless; "the windows cannot be opened during meal-time without making too great a draught," or "the hall has been sufficiently ventilated in the morning." We are not rash, but if something is not done soon...
Hare and Hounds. - One or two "meets" of this description were held a year or two ago, and, although not proving a very marked success then, we think they might be revived to advantage. We have a capital country about here for the sport, and nothing is better fun, in an athletic way. Men training for the crews would find it good exercise, and it certainly is more amusing than plodding up to Porter's or around Fresh Pond in a dog-trot. A large number of men might be found who would take pleasure in, and derive much benefit...